- The
MEDATA
mail list is just beginning on March 13, 1999 and
will hopefully become a major part of the ME
GenWeb Archives Project.
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- What
is MEDATA?
- This
list is the place for you to share your
original Maine source material...
wills, deeds, bible records, tax lists,
cemetery files, pension applications,
obituaries, old letters, marriage lists,
etc... with other Maine researchers.
Please
note that queries are not
allowed
- How
to Subscribe
- You
can join in either mail
mode or digest
mode. To Subscribe you need to send an
Email with either the word SUBSCRIBE
as the only word in the body of the
message, and leave subject line of the
message blank. Do not put anything else,
including your name, and if you have a
signature file, please turn it off.
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- How
to Unsubscribe
- You
can unsubscribe in either mail
mode or digest
mode. To Unsubscribe you need to send an
Email with either the word UNSUBSCRIBE
as the only word in the body of the
message, and leave subject line of the
message blank. Do not put anything else,
including your name, and if you have a
signature file, please turn it off.
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Note:
if you subscribe to the list in digest
mode you must unsubscribe from it in
digest mode as well.
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- How
to submit your information
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To
post your information to the list, send
an email to: MEDATA-L@rootsweb.com
Please
follow these guidelines when submitting
your information in order for readers to
quickly know if it is something they
might be interested in reading or want to
delete:
In
the subject line put:
TYPE
OF FILE: Surname, date, county
For
instance if your file concerns one
individual or surname:
OBIT:
Smith, 1903, Carroll Co
WILL: Jones, 1878,Somerset Co
CENSUS: Brown, 1860-1870,
Androscoggin Co.
If
your information is a complete list of
all available records:
TAX
LIST: 1808, Knox Co
If
your information is too large for a
single email please submit it showing
part numbers:
CEM:
Champlain Cemetery
Coos CO, part 1 ( part 2 or
# 1 # 2, etc)
MARR:
York Co, 1860-1880, A's (etc)
If
you are unsure of what to use for your
subject send
me an email.
- Is
the list archived somewhere?
-
The
digest of the mail list is being placed
in the ME USGenWeb Archives
- Archives
Search Engine
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If
you don't know which specific region to
begin with, the Maine USGenWeb
Archives Search-Engine
will help. There you may search by
Surname or other key-words.
I
hope you enjoy the list!
And
please remember... Queries
are not
allowed!
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